A survey conducted on 20-22 January showed that only 11.3% of respondents would vote for the ruling Civil Contract party in Armenia if elections were held next Sunday, Aram Navasardyan, director of the MPG company and a sociologist, told journalists at a meeting on 29 January.

Navasardyan stressed that this was the lowest level of support ever recorded for the Civil Contract party. The poll showed that 6.8% of respondents would vote for the "Democracy, Law and Discipline" party, 6.5% for the "Armenia" bloc, 2.4% for the "Prosperous Armenia" party, 2.3% for the "Honour I Have" bloc, 1.8% for the "Republic" party, 0.9% for the "Bright Armenia" party and 0.5% for the "In the Name of the Motherland" movement.

In addition, 13.3% of respondents said they would vote against all parties, 27.2% would abstain, 10.2% refused to answer and 15.4% found it difficult to answer, Navasardyan added.